Land use, transport, and population health: estimating the health benefits of compact cities

M Stevenson, J Thompson, TH de Sá, R Ewing… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Using a health impact assessment framework, we estimated the population health effects
arising from alternative land-use and transport policy initiatives in six cities. Land-use …

Neighbourhood walkability: A review and bibliometric analysis

H Wang, Y Yang - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Walkability is defined as the extent to which the built environment is friendly to people who
walk, which benefits the health of residents and increases the liveability of cities, and studies …

A review on the effects of physical built environment attributes on enhancing walking and cycling activity levels within residential neighborhoods

Y Wang, CK Chau, WY Ng, TM Leung - Cities, 2016 - Elsevier
The growing worldwide awareness of the significant impacts of physical activities on
physical and physiological health has aroused great interest in the role of the physical built …

Time use and physical activity: a shift away from movement across the globe

SW Ng, BM Popkin - Obesity reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Technology linked with reduced physical activity (PA) in occupational work, home/domestic
work, and travel and increased sedentary activities, especially television viewing, dominates …

[HTML][HTML] When moving is the only option: the role of necessity versus choice for understanding and promoting physical activity in low-and middle-income countries

D Salvo, A Jáuregui, D Adlakha… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Given its origins in high-income countries, the field of physical activity and public health
research and promotion has broadly followed a choice-based model. However, a substantial …

Evaluating the disparity between supply and demand of park green space using a multi-dimensional spatial equity evaluation framework

B Liu, Y Tian, M Guo, D Tran, AAQ Alwah, D Xu - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
In the context of rapid urban expansion and population growth, the spatial inequity of park
green spaces'(PGSs) supply and demand has become a research focus. However, few …

[HTML][HTML] Does active commuting improve psychological wellbeing? Longitudinal evidence from eighteen waves of the British Household Panel Survey

A Martin, Y Goryakin, M Suhrcke - Preventive medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between active travel and
psychological wellbeing. Method This study used data on 17,985 adult commuters in …

The development of a walkability index: application to the Neighborhood Quality of Life Study

LD Frank, JF Sallis, BE Saelens, L Leary… - British journal of sports …, 2010 - bjsm.bmj.com
Emerging evidence supports a link between neighbourhood built environment and physical
activity. Systematic methodologies for characterising neighbourhood built environment are …

An ecological approach to creating active living communities

JF Sallis, RB Cervero, W Ascher… - Annual review of …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The thesis of this article is that multilevel interventions based on ecological models
and targeting individuals, social environments, physical environments, and policies must be …

[HTML][HTML] Built environment, physical activity, and obesity: what have we learned from reviewing the literature?

D Ding, K Gebel - Health & place, 2012 - Elsevier
To evaluate the growing literature on the built environment and physical activity/obesity, we
conducted a review of review papers. Through a systematic search, we identified 36 reviews …